Spanish investigators have found that an overbearing captain helped create the circumstances for an unstable approach, which led an Air Europa Boeing 737-800 to overrun at Lanzarote. The aircraft overflew the Runway 21 threshold at 55m (180ft) at 175kt (324km/h), with the flaps deployed at just 25° owing to automated flap-loading limitations. It travelled halfway along the runway - which was wet - before touching down some 1,300m beyond the threshold. While the brakes were applied immediately,… (www.flightglobal.com) Meer...

The new Yak-130, like other russian jets such as the Mig-29, come equipped with an intake blanking system to prevent FOD ingestion. Apparently, due to some confusion about this feature, the Yak-130s were initially not allowed to take-off for their display at Farnborough because their intake doors were closed. (www.flightglobal.com) Meer...